today. Yesterday I had a pretty
good day overall. I just crashed
in the last enduro test and kind
of lost touch, but today was bet-
ter. I obviously struggled a little
bit in the first enduro test, but
once I kind of figured out to shift
the bike up a gear and let the
bike do the work for me, it was a
lot better."
Phoenix Honda Racing's Ruy
Barbosa, of Chile, was second
in the Pro 2 class with a fifth
overall.
"Yesterday I started really
good in the beginning, although
I had a small crash in the cross
test," said Barbosa. "Today
yesterday morning, but picked
up the pace, although I wasn't
quite with Johnny or Gus," said
Snodgrass. "Today started off
good; got the first cross test win
and then was sort of just a little
bit off Johnny again today. But
all in all, it was a good weekend
of racing."
Michael came on strong in the
end, winning the final test of the
event and putting himself into
fourth overall for the weekend.
"I just kind of shifted my
bike up a gear and just kind of
smoothed out," said Michael. "I
think I was trying to be too ag
-
gressive in the beginning tests
the overall," said Riordan. "I hit
a root. It was running diagonal
across, parallel to the rut. I tried
getting out of the rut earlier, and
the rest is history. Today I was
off the overall pace a little bit,
but it was good. A bit sketchier,
but it was fun."
Babbitt's Online Monster
Energy Kawasaki's Lyndon
Snodgrass, who was riding his
first sprint enduro in two years,
was third on Saturday and third
on Sunday (behind Girroir and
FXR/GasGas' Layne Michael)
for third overall for the weekend,
three seconds behind Riordan.
"I started off a little slow after
ROUND 5 / APRIL 8-9, 2023
PEARL'S POND FARM / ARVONIA, VIRGINIA
OFF-ROAD I AMA U.S. SPRINT ENDURO SERIES
P74
Former Sprint
Enduro Champion
Layne Michael was
fourth overall but
finished out the
weekend second
on the day. He's
currently third in
the championship,
32 points behind
Thad Duvall who
did not race.
